Name: Sputnik Spring Break 2026
Start: 2026-05-22T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-05-25T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Goitzschesee-Festivalstrand Pouch

SSB Pouch

About SSB Pouch

Every year at Pentecost, Sputnik Spring Break transforms the former Goitzsche mining area near Bitterfeld into a huge open-air resort: 25,000 visitors, four days of festival on a sandy beach by the lake, main stage with Sido, Ski Aggu, SSIO, Roy Bianco & Die Abbrunzati Boys, and techno floors until sunrise.

Dates 22 May — 25 May 2026

Venue Pouch (15082)

Prices 159.00€ — 350.00€

Status Confirmed

Edition 2026

SSB Pouch — edition 2026

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The Sputnik Spring Break 2026 runs from May 22 to 25 at Goitzsche Lake in Pouch. Sido, Ski Aggu, SSIO, Roy Bianco & Die Abbrunzati Boys, Zartmann, and Gestört Aber Geil are already confirmed — four days of open-air festival with camping included.

Lineup confirmations have been ongoing since autumn 2025. Further top acts are expected for the main phase on the Main Stage and the electronic floors. For the first time in several years, Pentecost 2026 falls on the long weekend before the end of the school year — organizers expect sold-out camping areas.

Highlights SSB Pouch 2026

Sido, Ski Aggu, SSIO, Roy Bianco, Open-air on the sandy beach, Pentecost camping, 25,000 visitors

Programme SSB Pouch 2026

Friday, May 22, 2026 — Day 1

Main Stage — Tream, Holy Priest
Electronic Stage — Filow, Kobosil
Fire Bar — Macky Gee (Drum'n'Bass)

Saturday, May 23, 2026 — Day 2

Main Stage — Roy Bianco & Die Abbrunzati Boys, Ski Aggu
Electronic Stage — Avaion, Nicolas Julian, Nusha

Sunday, May 24, 2026 — Day 3

Main Stage — Sido, SSIO, Zartmann, Gestört Aber Geil
Electronic Stage — DJ sets until the early morning

Monday, May 25, 2026 — Whit Monday

Goodbye brunch, last beach sessions, departure

Detailed set times and stage slot distribution will be published in spring 2026 at sputnik-springbreak.de.

Prices SSB Pouch 2026

3-day ticket from €159, Beach Hotel and Glamping packages significantly higher. Camping incl.

Practical information

Practical information — SSB Pouch

Getting There

Train: ICE/IC to Bitterfeld, then a free shuttle bus to the festival grounds. Car: A9 exit Bitterfeld-Wolfen, then follow signs. Campervans have their own parking spaces.

Tickets

3-day ticket regular from €159 (as of 2025 pre-sale), camping included. Beach hotel packages are significantly higher. Tickets via sputnik-springbreak.de.

Camping

Several camping areas around the lake, from free grassy areas to glamping tents. Electricity for campervans at an additional charge. Showers and toilets in several areas.

Minimum Age

Entry from 16 years with a parental consent form ("Muttizettel"), from 18 without restrictions.

Pentecost on the Lake

While Pentecost parties are just beginning in Berlin and Hamburg, an exceptional state has long been in effect in the state of Saxony-Anhalt, in the district of Anhalt-Bitterfeld: The Sputnik Spring Break (SSB) is in full swing in the Pouch district of Bitterfeld-Wolfen. Launched in 2008 by the radio station MDR Sputnik, the festival at the former Goitzsche open-cast mine has grown into the largest Pentecost event in Eastern Germany — with its own beach club architecture, lakeside glamping, food court, and four days of open air.

The Goitzsche — From a Hole in the Ground to a Festival Mecca

What is now a 13 km² swimming lake with fine sandy beaches was once a hole in the ground in the 1990s — the lignite excavators had cleared out the Mansfeld region near Bitterfeld. The renaturation of the Goitzsche is one of Europe's largest industrial landscape comeback projects. The festival beach at Pouch Lake is now the stage for 25,000 Pentecost pilgrims.

Music: Bass on All Levels

Programmatically, the SSB covers the German pop-hip-hop-techno mainstream seamlessly. The Main Stage features top German acts (Sido, Ski Aggu, Roy Bianco, SSIO, Avaion, Zartmann, Gestört Aber Geil), the Electronic Stage delivers House and Progressive, the Fire Bar offers Drum'n'Bass and Trance, and a Club Stage hosts the after-hours. If you're interested in Drum and Bass hardliners like Macky Gee or Techno titans like Kobosil: it's all there.

Camping and Comfort

Overnight stays are in the festival camping grounds around the lake — from affordable meadow pitches to luxury beach resorts. Shuttle buses run free of charge from Bitterfeld train station. Those who want the full experience arrive on Thursday evening and leave on Monday.